Close call as P-plater flips near mountain edge

Wolvi Mountain crash:
A P-plater had a lucky escape on Wolvi Mountain Rd on Sunday.

TWO thankful fathers standing next to their sons' car that flipped scarily close to a mountain edge yesterday said what they were looking at was the 'best scenario'.

The story could have been a very different one for a 17-year old P plate driver and his 16-year-old passenger who were driving down Wolvi Mountain Rd just before dusk yesterday.

The driver, who lost control of the Mitsubishi Lancer on the windy, gravely road managed to swerve and flip the car into a bank, avoiding the 50m drop on the opposite side of the road on Wolvi Mountain.

Uninjured the boys managed to crawl out of the smashed in and upturned car and phone their parents.